Newcastle United 1 - 2 Stoke City - 26/09/10 - post match reaction from page 31

[Guest andrew]

These are EXACTLY the kind of games we HAVE to win! If we continue fucking up with useless management and poor playing, we're gonna struggle

[Guest neesy111]

Two massive defeats at home if we're to stay up this year.

 

Losing games like this and Blackpool got us relegated. We will be lucky to survive.

 

I agree, no point in those 2 wins earlier if we are going to lose to our rivals and give them 3 valuable points.

[Nobody]

The Blackpool defeat we could have bounced back from, but this result will send their heads down.

 

Carroll believing his own hype has done fuck all since the Villa game. Just knew when we didn't get a decent Striker in we'd be fucked.

Aye, it's not like he scored against Wolves the week after to save us a point.

[Interpolic]

I don't like Barton much because I think the guy's a prick who has a lot to prove, but he was the best of a bad bunch.

 

We just don't seem to know what to do when the onus is on us to attack and control the game.  They are fucking garbage as well, Stoke.

[Guest andrew]

Carroll was also poor today,

[David28]

Barton was our best attacking player by a fucking mile. Constantly involved and made things happen.

What an awful second half though. Truly terrible.

 

Barton was the reason we were poor in the 2nd half, though.

 

They kept him well out of the game.

 

Just hope he didn't get injured at the end of the game.

 

It looked like it did against City 2 years or so ago.

[Bizza]

F**ks sake, Blackpool all over again.

 

 

[Shayno]

 

Why is Kevin Nolan in our starting 11?

 

              Krul

Perch Colo Williamson Enrique

 

HBA  Tiote  Barton  Jonas

      Carroll  Ameobi

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

Roll on Man City.

 

On that evidence, I hope they don't play Adebayor.....

We actually dealt alright with Jones in open play. We were just bad generally when the ball was no longer alive.

 

Barton was fine today, btw. He suffered when Tiote went off obviously as Nolan is not helpful.

[M4]

Ben Arfa should be in the middle

 

Where Ben Arfa starts in the next game will be a strong indication of just how brain dead Hughton might be.

[Guest Pedro_de_geordieo]

James perch lost the ball to gift them the first goal then....... Speachless

[Disco]

Two massive defeats at home if we're to stay up this year.

 

Losing games like this and Blackpool got us relegated. We will be lucky to survive.

 

I agree, no point in those 2 wins earlier if we are going to lose to our rivals and give them 3 valuable points.

 

Aye we might as well just get beat every game you moron.

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

Carroll was also poor today,

For someone of his size, his set piece defending was rather terrible today.

[Guest BooBoo]

Paid the price for not pushing on for the second. Unbelievably predictable that we would struggle with their high balls and so it proved. Pointless going to places like Everton and winning and then failing to even get a point against Stoke. 0 points from Blackpool and Stoke are the sort of results that bit you on the arse later in the season.

 

Back down to earth with a huge bump.

 

Krul- 6- Not too many saves, couldnt hugely blame him for the goals.

Perch- 5- To be fiar he was okay until the nightmare own goal. A very poor start to this lads NUFC career.

Enrique-8- Looked our best bet going forward

Colo- 6- Did okay but the defence as a whole crumbled when they strated launching it

Williamson- 6- Ditto

Routledge- 6- Decent although still looks wary of taking full backs on.

Barton- 6- Saw loads of the ball and did little with it. Final ball was very poor today.

Ben Arfa- 7 Why or why was he taken off?

Tiote- 7- Tidy

Nolan- 6- Bad miss towards the end

Carroll- 5- Won the penalty but hasnt come close really to scoring in 3 games now.

 

Jonas- 7- Looked threatening. Crossing better than normal.

Shola-5- Didnt do loads

 

Hughton- 4- Ballsed it up today. Bad day at the office.

 

Jona

[Guest neesy111]

Two massive defeats at home if we're to stay up this year.

 

Losing games like this and Blackpool got us relegated. We will be lucky to survive.

 

I agree, no point in those 2 wins earlier if we are going to lose to our rivals and give them 3 valuable points.

 

Aye we might as well just get beat every game you moron.

 

Fuck off, you really don't understand the actually point prick.

[Guest firetotheworks]

Barton' shit, Nolan's fat, Carroll's over-rated, Hughton's tactically inept etc.

 

 

I'm really fucking annoyed with the result and we really need to start solidifying our home form, but I refuse to be downbeat yet. We played well and lost. That's often the mantra of a team that gets relegated, but I reiterate, I refuse to be downbeat yet.

[Memphis]

I like Hughton a lot but he certainly bottled it here.  We let Stoke take the initiative and never tried anything to wrest control back. 

 

The players also seemed to get lulled into a false sense of security, then completely collapsed mentally.

 

I think we've still got a lot of learning to do at this level.

[Kimbo]

I'm not sure what i just spent 96 minutes watching but i wouldn't call it football.

[M4]

still 10th in the league

 

This is a supposedly easier run of games though.

[Guest firetotheworks]

Two massive defeats at home if we're to stay up this year.

 

Losing games like this and Blackpool got us relegated. We will be lucky to survive.

 

I agree, no point in those 2 wins earlier if we are going to lose to our rivals and give them 3 valuable points.

 

Aye we might as well just get beat every game you moron.

 

f*** off, you really don't understand the actually point prick.

 

...and that's the end of you.

[LucaAltieri]

We were undone by their set pieces. We aren't the first and we won't be the last. Credit to them. We stuggled to deal with everything in the air. The inclusion of Campbell might have remedied that but it's only hindsight. No one would have wanted him to start if asked before the game.

 

More worrying was our lack of chances in the second half. Ben Arfa, Routledge and Tiote all just fizzled out. Jonas looked lively when he came on. Nolan should have buried that late chance.

 

Criticism of Carroll is a bit harsh. He worked hard again today. He lacked a touch of quality but he's young and not a magician. He can't do it all on his own. He won his headers, held the ball up well, and that's pretty much his role in the side.

 

Barton, Colo, and Enrique were excellent once again.

 

This is only what, the second time we've played these 11 players together? Give it time. They'll come good. There's plenty of quality in there.

 

Well done Stoke. Jones buggered us right up. No one managed to compete with him. Our own fault for giving them so many opportunities to launch it into the box. The first half, we managed to keep the ball on the ground and they didn't have a sniff.

 

 

[Dave]

Two massive defeats at home if we're to stay up this year.

 

Losing games like this and Blackpool got us relegated. We will be lucky to survive.

 

I agree, no point in those 2 wins earlier if we are going to lose to our rivals and give them 3 valuable points.

 

Aye we might as well just get beat every game you moron.

 

Fuck off, you really don't understand the actually point prick.

 

Use the PM system chaps if this is the limit of your debate. Cheers.

[James]

Positives:

 

Ben Arfa and Tiote in the first half

Barton, Enrique, and Colo all match.

Jonas wants to get back in the team.

 

Negatives:

 

James Perch, who from this moment on I shall refer to as Ali Fumaca Dia.

Nolan

Routledge, what does he do?

Carroll can't do it on his own now that he's a marked man.

 

Ratings:

 

Krul 5

Ali Fumaca Dia 2

Williamson 6

Colo 7

Enrique 8

Routledge 3

Tiote 6

Barton 7

Ben Arfa 6

Nolan 4

Carroll 5

 

Jonas 7

Ameobi n/a

 

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

Krul- 5- Meh

Perch- 6- He wasn't that bad IMO

Williamson- 6- Okay

Coloccini- 6- ^

Enrique- 7- Good attacking play

Routledge- 5- Poor, bad delivery and didn't take on his man enough (or well enough)

Barton- 6- Was decent on the ball but some bad delivery and didn't create much

Tiote- 6- Did well until he was taken off (WHY?)

Ben Arfa- 6- Decent, a few good touches, quiet however

Nolan- 4- Bad

Carroll- 4- ^

 

Jonas- 7- This guy needs to start next game.

Ameobi- 5-

 

Hughton- 4

[Guest neesy111]

Two massive defeats at home if we're to stay up this year.

 

Losing games like this and Blackpool got us relegated. We will be lucky to survive.

 

I agree, no point in those 2 wins earlier if we are going to lose to our rivals and give them 3 valuable points.

 

Aye we might as well just get beat every game you moron.

 

f*** off, you really don't understand the actually point prick.

 

...and that's the end of you.

 

Prick and Moron